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Finance

RETRACTION: YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate Did Not Take Part in Standard Money Fundraising Round

A company release said Standard Money raised $8 million and named YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate and Crypto.com as participating, claims that three of the four companies denied.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Unveiling GoDark: Crypto’s New Institutional Dark Pool Backed by Copper, GSR, Others

There is no real institutional dark pool in crypto, according to the builder of GoDark.

Denis Dariotis, founder and CEO of GoQuant

Web3

Social Engineering Scams Top Crypto Threats in 2025: WhiteBit

Technical wallet hacks, including phishing and malware, are the second most common threat, making up 33.7% of incidents.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Finance

Swiss Crypto Infrastructure Firm Taurus Expands to U.S. With New York Office

With clearer regulation and growing institutional demand, Taurus is expanding its footprint to serve U.S. financial giants from New York.

New York Skyline

Finance

Wealth Managers Scramble to Add Crypto as UAE's Ultra-Rich Demand Digital Assets

Swiss software firm Avaloq, which serves numerous private banks and wealth managers, surveyed trends in high net worth (HNW) investing in the UAE.

Dubai UAE (Pexels, Pixabay)

Policy

Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan's Release From Prison Wasn't Us, White House Says

Despite her social-media suggestions that President Donald Trump let the rapper out earlier from her Bitfinex hack sentence, an official said that's not the case.

Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan has dropped another music video before she reports to her 18-month prison sentence in the Bitfinex hack. (Screen shot from "Razzlekhan vs. The United States")

Finance

Japan's $2T Payment Provider TIS Rolls Out Multi-Token Platform With Avalanche

The payments firm's platform, developed with AvaCloud, aims to help banks, corporates issue and settle stablecoins and tokenized assets.

Aerial view of Tokyo (Jaison Lin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Lender Ledn Hits $1B in Loan Origination This Year as BTC Credit Market Picks Up

The crypto lender also crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the firm reported.

Ledn's co-founders, Adam Reeds (left) and Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Tech

Solana's Marinade Labs CEO Eyes Lower Barrier to Entry for Validators After 'Alpenglow' Upgrade

In a conversation with CoinDesk, Marinade Labs' Michael Repetny gives an overview of the Solana staking ecosystem and the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade.

Solana (SOL) Logo

Finance

Tether Eyes Fresh Investments to Push USAT Stablecoin to 100M Americans at December Launch

Tether plans to launch its U.S.-compliant stablecoin USAT in December, aiming for mass reach in the creator economy, CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a CoinDesk interview.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)